Her parents weren’t there to cry The day that sleeping beauty died. First Dad, then Mother, slipped away as their comatose daughter slept each day. Through forty two years of dreamless sleep Her loving family did their promise keep. A drug reaction was the cause of her coma irreversible. By the power of Unconditional love The faint flickering flame Of life stayed possible. Until today did beauty lie. Until today did life endure. Today she smiled and opened her eyes Only then did beauty die..
Based on the story of Edwarda O’Bara, a Florida woman, who went into a diabetic coma in 1970 and was cared for at home by her family until, Yesterday, she passed away